The Man From Earth: Holocene

Released Oct 13, 2017

1h 38m

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

Drama

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John Oldman, now 14,000 years old and teaching in Northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret.

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Nick K

Not good, it was poor in everyway the original was good. It was badly written, and added nothing to the story. In fact it took away from the main character. I strongly recommend giving this a hard pass and sticking to the great original.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/07/23

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David T

The 2007 movie was for me one of the most amazing movie: so simple, yet such a captivating thought experiment that let me on a « What if ? » However, this sequel was very disappointing. The plot wasn't very engaging and the whole thing was very predictible. However, I enjoyed watching it just to see some interesting ideas, like the fact that it's a new era and that somehow something in the environment killed his immortality. Or the bonus scene at the end that suggests that John may be believed to be a psychopath, running from town to town every 10 years. Bottom line, it was interesting ideas, but it left me with a « Too bad, didn't leave me to wonder like the original movie ».

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/03/23

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Randall B

Movie dreadful. The last 30 minutes were worse than the first hour. So glad when it was over. The dialog was painful & whining. Gee, let's skip over what happened at the end. Boooo

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/12/23

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David W

This sequel fails to reach the high bar set by its much loved predecessor. The story contains some compelling premises not anticipated when the film originally came out. How would our protagonist continue his lifestyle in an era of ubiquitous information access and cameras? As identity verification has become normalized for even the most routine activities, how can someone who depends on switching identities, with no institutional support like an intelligence agent might have, continue their way of life? Instead of addressing these compelling questions, the story takes a more conventional film approach and loses Richard Schenkman's ability to create a compelling and engaging film centered on a conversation in one setting. The film features terrible development of newly introduced characters and an ending that gives the impression the filmmakers ran out of money and decided to abruptly call it done. Having seen this once, I feel no desire to watch it again.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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danerman73

A good movie in its own right but does not compare to the original masterpiece. This movie is a horror Sci -Fi fantacy with some of the themes from the original particularly the fact that John Oldmen(Young) is 14,000 years old and claims to be Jesus. I wish this movie would have been its own original with different characters instead of using John Oldmen from the original movie. A slight letdown from the original but I enjoyed it overall.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/05/23

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Deven F

I enjoyed this film almost as much as the first one. Really hoping they do a third to answer some questions they left unanswered at the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/23

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William Katt

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Neil Young

Hollywood Reporter

This fitfully engaging affair only really passes muster as a potential pilot for small-screen continuations.

Oct 13, 2017

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, it spends little time on the ideas and debate that made the original film so captivating for audiences who discovered it.

Oct 12, 2017

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Víctor López G.

Espinof

Unnecessary sequel in which its post-credit sequence confirms it as a kind of bad joke. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 1, 2019

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Scott Varnham

Starburst

The important thing is that we want to watch this one again.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 26, 2018

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Anthony Ray Bench

Film Threat

The Man From Earth: Holocene is a sequel that is quite enjoyable, but admittedly not as strong as the first classic film.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 13, 2017

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Maitland McDonagh

Film Journal International

It's hard not to wish The Man From Earth well, if only for being guided so firmly by its own star.

Oct 12, 2017

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Synopsis

John Oldman, now 14,000 years old and teaching in Northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret.

Director: Richard Schenkman
Producer: Emerson Bixby
Screenwriter: Richard Schenkman, Emerson Bixby
Distributor: Parade Deck Films
Production Co: Falling Sky Entertainment
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.5K
Runtime: 1h 38m

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